SDG 5 - Gender Equality

Nova University Lisbon actively contributes to tackle the SDG 5. Its commitment is reflected in a written policy for gender equality and in the Teaching and Research Policy. Some of our Academic Units integrate childcare facilities. NOVA integrates an European consortium to supporting and implementing plans for gender equality in academia and research.

- Childcare facilities: ITQB NOVA | FCT NOVA

- Policies

- Teaching and Research policy
- Gender Equality policy

HIGHLIGHTS

• NOVA integrates the European project SPEAR -  Supporting and Implementing Plans for Gender Equality in Academia and Research. The aim of the project is to develop institutional changes to increase women's participation in Research and Innovation and to improve their career prospects. The main objectives of the study are to carry out impact assessments/audits of procedures and practices to identify gender inequalities, identify and implement innovative strategies to correct any type of discrimination, and set goals and monitor progress through indicators.
• The National National Observatory for Violence and Gender was founded in 2008. Supported by strong research in this field, it actively contributes to understand the different social dimensions of violence, in particular against women, and to influence national and international policies. 
• According to the Leiden ranking 2019, which includes a criterion that analyses the authorship of scientific articles from the gender perspective, NOVA leads in Portugal with the highest proportion of publications authored by female researchers (50,6%), occupying the 6th and 9th places at European an global levels, respectively.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

NOVA's 9 Academic Units develop programs and initiatives with direct impact in our community. Get in touch, participate!

RESEARCH

NOVA contributes significantly to the research into the area of SDG5. Here are some examples of specific publications in this area:

• Gender Violence - Portugal
• Portuguese Women Writers
• Merleau Ponty lecteur de Freud: à propos du corps sexué
• Ursula K. Le Guin: Literature and otherness
• Women writing and family archives: the missing history
• Modernity, revolutions and frontiers in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials or a contribution to the fourth culture
• Different Voices in Women Human Rights: CEDAW and European Union Gender Equality Law
• Women as Ministers and the Issue of Gender Equality in the Republic of Cape Verde
• Gender equality and gender inequalities in self-reported health: a longitudinal study of 27 European countries 2004 to 2016
• A distant finish line for women: Gender and the sports press in Portugal (1996-2016)
• Female Politics in Parliament: addressing questions about political and journalistic representation
• Gender and ICT: school and gender stereotypes
• Combating female genital mutilation and other harmful practices: comments paper on Portugal and its situation
• “In Journalism, we are all Men”: Material voices in the production of gender meanings
• Gender awareness in teacher education: Towards an embodied and inclusive approach to elementary science education

EDUCATION

NOVA University Lisbon has a strong formative offer, distinguished by quality and variety, linked to the SDGs. It supports the integration of interdisciplinarity and sustainability in all our study cycles.

GENDER EQUALITY IN NUMBERS

Contribution for SDG 5 in 2019: